Iron And Zinc
Iron And Zinc appears in 314 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Iron And Zinc appears in 314 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 314
- catalogued products
- #1,445
- usage rank of 247,206
- 28
- named brands represented
- 50%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Iron And Zinc as the trigger. Open records such as Apple cinnamon chex; Apple Cinnamon Chex Cereal; Apple Cinnamon toast cruch and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 50% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 267 of 305 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Iron And Zinc sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,445 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,445
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 314 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Averaged label depth puts Iron And Zinc in the upper half of the list (50% of list length, mean slot 17.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Iron And Zinc
Across the 314 products on this site that list Iron And Zinc, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Caramel Coloring shows up about 5.4x more often with Iron And Zinc than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Iron And Zinc products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 97 | 30.9% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 54 | 17.2% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 43 | 13.7% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 6 | 20 | 6.4% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 15 | 4.8% | 4.8% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Iron And Zinc
Products Containing Iron And Zinc
16 busy labels from the 314 indexed products that list Iron And Zinc:
High-volume peers for Iron And Zinc beside “Brussels Sprouts”
High-volume peers for Iron And Zinc: 314 products, mean screening score 87.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Brussels Sprouts · Milk Proteins · Coconut Extract. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Iron And Zinc page
314 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Iron And Zinc are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Iron And Zinc and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Iron And Zinc with a peer such as “Brussels Sprouts” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Iron And Zinc sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Iron And Zinc is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Iron And Zinc? ▼
Iron And Zinc ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,445 of 247,206), appearing in 314 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Iron And Zinc so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Iron And Zinc appears in 314 products (#1,445 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Iron And Zinc). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.